Wardrobe-trunk.



R. FENTlMA-N.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10. 1911.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

jhz/enz or: I 2056?? Cir 1; fltll) STAT ROBERT FENTIMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO J. H. MGNAMARA TRUNK WORKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A'CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Application filed August 10, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bonner FENTIMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nardrobe-Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of wardrobe trunks in which an extensible supporting means for clothes hangers is arranged at one end of the trunk body, so that when the same is upended the clothes carried on said hangers are accessible for ready removal and replacement. And the present improvement has for its object to provide a simple and efficient structural formation and combination of parts, wherein the open end of the trunk body where such supporting means is located is very effectively braced and stiffened, and with which a very strong and efficient extension trackage is provided for the clothes hangers so that the same may have sliding movement into and out of the trunk body, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a fragmentary perspective view of a wardrobe trunk, in an open condition, and illustrating the general arrangement of the present improvement. Fig. 2, is a detail section on line m w, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is an enlarged detail section on line 00'-0', Fig. 2. Fig. l, is a detail perspective view of one of the securing catches for the hinged end wall of the trunk.

. Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawings, 1. represents the side walls, and 2, the bottom or rear wall of the main body or section of a wardrobe trunk, while 3 is an end wall hinged to the bottom wall 2, and adapted to be raised, when the trunk is upended, for convenience in manipulating the clothes hangers hereinafter described.

4 is the cover section of the trunk hinged to the aforesaid main section, as usual in the present type of wardrobe trunks.

5 is a plate metal bracing member or rail of the U form shown, secured to the inner faces of the aforesaid trunk walls 1 and 2, at a point adjacent to the hinged end wall 3. Said bracing member in addition to bracing and strengthening the trunk end, pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Serial No. 643,366.

yides a fixed supporting means for the herelnafter described extension hanger tracks of the present construction.

6 are the fixed tubular members of the hanger tracks above referred to. Said members 6, are fixedly secured at their rear ends to the rear bar of the aforesaid bracing member 5, while their front ends are connected to the side bars of said bracing member 5, by U shape brackets 7, at the forward ends of said side bars, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

8 is a U shaped track member formed of rod or like round metal, with its two parallel side members 9, adapted to have sliding movement in the fixed tubular track members 6 aforesaid, and complete disengagement of the parts is prevented by a set screw 6 on one part having restricted travel in a longitudinal groove or slot in the companion part as illustrated in Fig. 2. Nith the described form of the track member 8, its front member 10, provides a convenient hand grip for effecting the extension and contraction movements of the hanger tracks, as well as a carrying means for the hereinafter described catches by which the hinged end wall 3 of the trunk is held in place.

11 is one of the series of clothes hangers used in the present construction, and which at its upper end is provided with end hooks 12 adapted for sliding engagement upon the hanger track members 6 and 9 above described. And in the construction described the U shape of the brackets 7, permits of the free sliding movement of said hooks the full extent of said track members.

13 is the hand lever portion of each of the respective catch members above referred to, and which is pivotally mounted near an end of the forward member 10 aforesaid, and adapted for semi-rotation thereon.

14 is a catch member, individual to and eccentrically pivoted on the hand lever 13, with its free end provided with lateral claws 15, adapted to engage over the free end of the trunk end 3 and draw the same into proper closed position against the trunk walls 1 and 2, with a semi-rotation of the hand lever 13, in one direction. WVith the cover section 4 of the trunk closed, a marginal flange 16 on the same is adapted to engage over the margin of the aforesaid end wall, to hold the same in place.

Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a wardrobe trunk, the combination of a trunk body having an open end,fla hinged member closing said open end, a U-shape bracing member secured to the inner surface of the trunk body adjacent its open end, a pair of inwardly-projecting U-shape brackets attached to the aforesaid bracket member near its forward ends, a .pair of spaced tubular track members secured at their forward ends to said brackets and at their rear ends to the rear bar of the aforesaid bracing member, and a pair of auxiliary track members movable in the aforesaid tubular track members and connected together at their forward end by a connecting rail.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 4th day of August, 1911.

ROBERT FENTIMAN. Witnesses:

ROBERT BURNS, HENRY MOE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

